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Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by sritam7 »

mrpickels wrote: post #9

I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

Hi mrpickles,

Thanks for the feedback. We are actually working on replacing those shitty JS questions ASAP. My friends who are engineers have given me a lot of shit. I promise it will be replaced soon.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by sritam7 »

mrpickels wrote: post #9

I tries the full stack quiz - IMO it is horrible. Bunch of javascript spaghetti code with ++i + i++ like idiotic questions and some basic SQL. Do you really guys think that calculating inside your head some shamanic expressions will evaluate objectively the engineering experience?

Would you have any recommendation for the type of questions? I promise if it is geographically possible. We will buy you a coffee, tea or beer.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by sritam7 »

sdan wrote: post #7

> You have experience with Javascript, HTML, CSS and other front-end frameworks Hate to be a stickler but it should be: > You have experience with Javascript, HTML, CSS, and/or front-end frameworks Since neither JS, HTML, or CSS is a "front-end" framework. They're scripting/markup languages

Don't be. We knew posting here would give us the most honest and brutal feedback. I will personally make that fix and push to production.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by sritam7 »

kepler1 wrote: post #13

Unfortunately I don't feel a lot of interest to sign up via Google/FB/etc account link just to see some technical interview questions. No way to bypass via email signup either.

Hi kepler,

We will launch our email/password login very soon.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by makach »

Concept seems cool.

Tried the full stack quiz. But the questions are horrible! In some of the questions the obvious right question is wrong. What do I reply :-D

Also, you add time to each questions? Thanks for stressing me out.

Result: NOT PASSED!

lol

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

#18

Post by menzoic »

notRobot wrote: post #16

I can't create an account without relying on Google, Facebook or Microsoft (GitHub)? Just let me use email FFS.

There's a cost to developing features. "Just let me use email" is dismissive to the fact. 99.999999% of users will be able to use one of those. Why spend more time making a subpar email login feature when you can integrate with existing services that probably even increase sign up conversion because it's an easier UX?

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by cbisnett »

Just my opinion, but you may want to consider renaming the company. Hearing someone say “tecktok” is likely to have potential users searching for “techtalk” or similar. Not to mention it’s very close to tiktok, which I’m sure you know is banned in India.

Re: Show HN: Tecktok – Triplebyte for Singaporean, Indonesian and Indian Engineers

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Post by muratsu »

menzoic wrote: post #18
notRobot wrote: post #16

I can't create an account without relying on Google, Facebook or Microsoft (GitHub)? Just let me use email FFS.

There's a cost to developing features. "Just let me use email" is dismissive to the fact. 99.999999% of users will be able to use one of those. Why spend more time making a subpar email login feature when you can integrate with existing services that probably even increase sign up conversion because it's an easier UX?

Because target users are developers and developers don't like using social logins as much as other users. Using firebase or 0auth is pretty straightforward as well.
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